This is an analysis of Songs Set To Music: 6. Set By Mr. Smith by Matthew Prior.
Phillis, since we have both been kind,
And of each other had our fill,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb eeee fgfg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10111101 10110111 11110111 01010100 11110111 101100010 11110101 110100010 11111101 11101101 11110001 11110111 11110001 11011101 11110111 11110111 11111101 11000101 10011011 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
